Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Muridae
Subfamilia: Murinae
Genus: Solomys
Species: Solomys salamonis
Name
Solomys salamonis (Ramsay, 1883)
References
Solomys salamonis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
The Florida naked-tailed rat (Solomys salamonis) is a poorly known and possible extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was confined to the Nggela Islands (previously known as Florida Islands) in the Solomon Islands. The originally mentioned type locality Ugi Island is an erratum.[2]
Description
The Florida naked-tailed rat is the smallest species within the genus Solomys. It has a snout-vent-length of 187 mm. The tail length is 194 mm, the hind food length is 39 mm and the ear length 27 mm.[2] The general colour of the fur is light ashy grey, somewhat grizzly, and pencilled with black. The base of the hair is mouse colour. The tips are almost white. The tail is bare and scaly. The blackish whiskers are long. The ears are small, inside grey, on the outside covered with minute hairs.[3]
Conservation status
This species might be possibly extinct as it is only known by the holotype, an adult male, collected by Alexander Morton from the Australian Museum during the HMS Cormorant expedition to the Solomon Islands in 1881.[4] Surveys in 1987 and in 1991 failed to find any specimens and the Nggela Islands are badly deforestated.[2]
References
Helgen, K.; Leary, T.; Wright, D (2016). "Solomys salamonis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T20334A22430021. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T20334A22430021.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
Flannery, T.F. (1995). Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands. Chatswood: Reed Books, p. 165. ISBN 0-7301-0417-6
Ramsay, E.P. 1883. On a new species of Mus from the island of Ugi, Solomon Group. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 7: pp. 43–44.
Troughton, E. Le G. (1936). A redescription of Solomys ("Mus") salamonis Ramsay. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61: pp. 128–130
Further reading
Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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